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Labour’s New Deal for Working People could boost wages and make work more secure millions of workers within the first few years of the new parliament, without needing to wait for large-scale investment or growth.
The new Prime Minister met with England’s mayors today, within days of taking office. As a statement of intent, it takes some beating. However, many governments have promised to take office to give power away, so we might be forgiven for…
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has called for a “decisive break with austerity” and an early government commitment to Northern Powerhouse, while Unite leader Sharon Graham has warned Labour must “borrow to invest”.
A poll suggests voters are far more likely to be worried about the cost of living crisis than potential tax hikes, in news that may come as a relief to some in Labour worried about continual Tory scare-mongering over Labour's tax plans.
If elected on 4 July Labour faces a formidable challenge: How can it create a fairer Britain while fostering a thriving business environment?
As the nation prepares to head to the ballot box, the country has two choices: to vote for a Tory Party whose energy policies have added billions to the nation’s bills, or to vote for a party that understands that the green economy is the…
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued that there is "more to economic policy than tax and spend", using an interview with LabourList to criticise "cynicism" about Labour's hopes of growing the economy.
A "stark" choice between more borrowing, tax rises or spending cuts will soon be faced by whichever party wins the general election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies is warning Labour and other major parties are “silent on the inevitability of cuts" in their spending plans, with areas from courts and prisons to further education at risk of significant cutbacks.
Labour has spent much of the past fortnight playing down the prospect of tax hikes, explicitly ruling out rises to income tax, VAT and national insurance and suggesting its manifesto does not need further tax hikes.
Wes Streeting has said there could be greater increases in spending on the NHS than set out in Labour's manifesto "if the conditions allow" after an analysis concluded that its plans would see lower increases in funding than during the…
Labour’s manifesto for 2024 is a prospectus for change. Whether it can be achieved will be as much about how Labour govern, as it is about policy choices in a manifesto.
